The Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2002

Interpretation

2.—(1) ln these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990(1) and, save where otherwise indicated and subject to paragraph (2), any expression used both in these Regulations and in the Act has the meaning it bears in the Act;

“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey(2) as amended by Commission Decision 2002/233/EC(3);

“controlled Turkish products” means Turkish products which are intended for human consumption or to be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs;

“Directive 98/53/EC” means Commission Directive 98/53/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(4);

“food authority” includes neither the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple) nor a port health authority;

“free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 23.2, as read with Article 24, of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

“port health authority” means a port health authority for a port health district constituted under section 2(4) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(5); and

“Turkish products” means products of the categories to which Article 1.1 of the Commission Decision applies and which originate in or are consigned from Turkey.

(2) Any term used in the definition of “controlled Turkish products” or “Turkish products” in paragraph (1) has the same meaning as in the Commission Decision.

(1)

1990 c. 16.

(2)

OJ No. L34, 5.2.2002, p. 26.

(3)

OJ No. L78, 21.3.2002, p. 14.

(4)

OJ No. L201, 17.7.1998, p. 93.

(5)

1984 c. 22.